Some of y'all are too cool, real aloof, hard ass tough guys regarding your fandom
I think some of the division between those who preach krass acceptance (@Hairy Vol), and those who display passionate defiance (
@fUTure), is the difference in generations.
Older generations would stand up and protest things they didn't like and attempt to spur change, correction. They feel some entitlement when they have supported something through time, money, and concern.
The newer generations think it stronger to swallow whatever they're force fed and confuse the act with toughness, when they don't push back. They exercise congnitive isolationism to combat against the attachments that grow from investing like the passionate group.
And, the business model we're seeing is more akin to socialism rather than capitalism.
'X' school makes 'x' dollars off of its fanbase's enthusiasm for 'x' team. So, the incoming players now want an even share of the income, even though they did nothing prior to support the industry they now feel entitled to receive premature and arbitrary compensation from, just because the school already has had the success and done the work to create the lucrative platform. That's socialism.
Capitalism is, a player worked hard, created a value in theirselves, and after that, they can then go out and get a "slice of the pie", on a truly open-market.
Capitalism doesn't owe anyone anything, and nor do the schools owe future or current players based on what the market says they could eventually be worth, just because they've made money off the sport and players in the past.
The problem is, the market is so upside down, top dollar is being paid for unknown commodities, and that alone is going to bleed the sport dry of both interest and finances.
The sport of college football will not outlast this market correction proficy, if it continues to cannibalize itself at the current rate, and at the behest of the players' greed and indecisiveness.
They are not fit to lead the industry into continued prosperity and functionality, based on their "ownership" of the market for the past few years.
They're bleeding the opportunities earned by those who came before them dry of finances and interest in the process.
If Future has been a fan for 50 years, than I'm certain losing fans like them, in masses eventually, will not be good for the "product(s)"
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